Resources for Volunteer Management

Each volunteer hour in 2023 = $31.80 (The Independent Sector)

If you recruit volunteers, coordinate events, or manage a nonprofit, consider the benefits of the Volunteer Engagement Training Program (VETP), developed by Points of Light and its HandsOn Network affiliates like Volunteer Alexandria.

Volunteer Management Guides

• Review our Managing Volunteers at a Nonprofit Organization to help you get started and run your program. 
• toolkit Engaging Virtual Volunteers - Recruit, Ready, and Retain a Powerful Pool of Talent
• Be sure to become a member of the Northern Virginia Association of Volunteer Administrators (NVAVA).  VAVA promotes professionalism in volunteer administration, offers educational opportunities for members, and provides a forum for the mutual exchange of ideas. It also provides networking opportunities among members and increases awareness and cooperation among organizations that utilize volunteers. Learn more about NVAVA and register your organization.

Organizations

• Points of Light Institute: hosts National Volunteer Week and a national conference. Website: http://www.pointsoflight.org/
• Virginia Governor’s Volunteerism and Community Service. Website: https://servevirginia.org/

Online resources

• Energize, Inc., www.energizeinc.com.  Susan J. Ellis's site, "especially for leaders of volunteers."  Includes a volunteer management bookstore, library, referral network, job bank, monthly essays with responses welcomed, etc.
• E-Volunteerism, www.e-volunteerism.com.  This “electronic journal of the volunteer community" is edited by Susan J. Ellis and Steve McCurley.  It includes articles, discussion groups, and other information on volunteer management.  
• Service Leader’s Virtual Volunteering Project, www.serviceleader.org/virtual. The Virtual Volunteering Project provides resources for two kinds of volunteer services: Technical Assistance, which includes online research or providing particular expertise to the agency; and Direct Contact, which connects the volunteer and client via email, chat room, or other media.
• Volunteer Today, www.volunteertoday.com.  Managed by volunteerism consultant Nancy Macduff, this site is an electronic gazette for volunteerism.  Particularly helpful is the current news in the field and a calendar of events.